Author: Novastan 
Novastan
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Traffic and herds
Driving behind a herd in the high Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. Credit: Christine Wystup (France) Find all of our photos of the day. You… [...]
Summer afternoon
A summer afternoon in a residential quartier of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Credit: Konstantin Novaković (Serbia) Find all of our photos of the day. You… [...]
The urgency of everyday life
In many Kyrgyz villages, small stalls allow the inhabitants to buy a multitude of daily products, from the toothbrush to the small brick of condensed milk through the washing powder. [...]
Holiday afternoon
Grandfathers with their grandchildren during a mid-afternoon holiday in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Credit: Charlotte Bonin (France) Find all of our photos of the day. You… [...]
In the kitchen
Almazbek Midinov, 27, sitting in the kitchen with his family (wife, daughter and brother) in Sary-Mogol. He started working as a mountain guide at CBT Sary-Mogol in 2013. In 2017,… [...]
Turkmen road
In north-eastern Turkmenistan, a Moskvitch 2140 on the M37 highway heading towards Turkmenabat. Unlike in the capital city, infrastructure throughout the rest of the country is… [...]
Gyaur Kala
The ruins of the fortress Gyaur Kala are located on the outskirts of Nukus, in western Uzbekistan. The fortress was probably built in the 4th century… [...]
Plastic bottles
Ubiquitous in the city, recyclers search through the trash for plastic bottles. Recently, their business face competition from the city which installed dozens of plastic-bottle bins. Credit: Simon Massicotte… [...]
Prayer in Hazrat Sultan
A man is praying alone in Hazrat Sultan Mosque in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It is the second largest mosque in Central Asia. Credit: Antoine Beguier (France) Find more… [...]
Soviet heritage in the Province
Impressive Soviet buildings can be found in Central Asia even away from the internationally known cities: In the city of Navoi, located in the southwest of… [...]
Masterclass
The 58-year old Buunisa Termechikova in the workshop of the Ethnological Museum in Sary-Mogol. With a participant of her master-class they apply hair on the dolls they fabricated. Buunisa opened… [...]